Sanitary drinking-fountain.



A. I. FISCHER. SANITARY DRINKINGFOUN TAIN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, I915.

Patented Oct. 9,1917.

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ARTHUR 'I. FISCHER, OF CLEVELAND HEI arms, 1 OHIO, nssrsnon "no, sane-Bea mass -.MANUF.ACTURI1\TG GOMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A :EIRM.-.

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.a iication fiiedaune 1,1915. ESeria-I-No. 31,386.

To all "whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR I. Frscnnm a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain newand useful Improvements in Sanitary Drinking- Fountains,'of which the following is a specification. s I Y This invention relates to animprovement in sanitary drinking fountains, and the invention consists in a fountain constructed and operating substantially as shownan'd described and particularly pointed out'inthe claims. J

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the fountain and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation thereof. Fig. 8 is a detail in side elevation of the discharge column. i Y

Fig. l is a detail of a plug valve which seats in the bottom of the said column. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the body of the fountain with all the other or attachable parts removed. Fig. 6 is a cross section of the body looking down on line 6-6, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the valve shown in Fig. l with the lock nut thereon.

The device constitutes a complete article of manufacture and sale as seen in Figs. 1 and 2 and all the parts are screw threaded or socketed in position, as shown, so that they are easily assembled and adjusted. Furthermore, all the parts are mounted on the body B, which has a screw threaded opening in its bottom to connect the water supply pipe P therewith and a waste channel 2 down at its side. The pipe P discharges into a chamber 3 in the middle of body B, which has a comparatively small opening l in its top discharging into a tubular neck or extension 6 projecting some distance above said opening and inclosing the same about its bottom, and said neck has a 1 plurality of discharge orifices 5 through the same laterally above its base and an external thread about its base beneath said orifices and internal thread above said orifices. The said neck is enlarged in its threaded portion as compared with the remainder of said neck, and a plug valve V is externally threaded to adjustably occupy seating relations with the seat therefor about the top of opening 4: and withinthe bottom of said neck. The lower portion of the said valve is annularly reduced opposite Specification of Letters latent.

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the discharge orifices 5 to provide a "space in which the inflowing fwater distribute itself about said valve to "said orific'es,

a'vhence the waterflows tlPWaI'Cl w'i'thin tlie sleeve "8 which carries the nipplethrough 2, and which elements 8 andtt'constitutethe discharge column. Y

The so-ca'lled-s'leeve '8 is internally threaded 'inits lower portion 'to engage upon the yth'e'ad about the base'of the valve-"contain- "ing neck 6. and its upper portion is slightly flared inside to-pro'v'idea seat for thenifpple n and wherein the nipple isperinu'='rently secured. Preferably, the nipple is-"ofbliiiia or porcelain or its equivalent, but maybe of brass or any other metal, and the overfiow' cap" C'is trumpetshaped shown and has a metallic'socket member S in which it is permanently seated and sealed. The said 560 the shallow annular "sp a'ce between said neck I '6 and-said sleeve as plainly shown-in Fag.

socket has a screw thread about its bottom engaged in annular internally threaded flange 9 on the top of body B. The said cup and socket are removable together as one piece, as also is the column comprising nipple a and its'sleeve support 8, and the valve is rendered available for removal or adjustment when the said parts are detached. V a

The said valve is provided with a lock nut 10 which bears on the top of neck 6 and holds the valve securely in any adjusted position relatively to the tapered seat above opening 4, and no change or variations in the fiow of watercan occur after the lock nut 10 has been tightened. Without lock nut 10, a gradual shift or change tically as one piece each, they are easily handled and both have close threaded enwith the top of body B, as described. As to the shape of the said body it may be said that the shape or style thereof can be more or less varied and not part from the invention, but the threaded supports for the sleeve 8 and the socket S are essential as also is the neck 6 and the construction to receive and operate valve '0.

What I claim is:

l. A sanitary fountain as described having a body provided with a tubular extension on its top and an inlet opening in the bottom of said extension having a valve seat and external screw threads at its base and discharge orifices at its side above said eX- ternal threads and valve seat, a plug valve seated in said extension and adapted to en gage said seat and close said inlet opening, a lock nut for said valve engaged with the top of said extension, and a discharge column seated over said extension in screw en; gagement with its base threads and apart from said orifices.

2. A sanitary fountain as described com prising a body having a screw-threaded inlet centrally at its bottom and a discharge passage at one side and a tubular projection open at its bottom to said inlet passage and provided with a valve seat in its bottom and orifices through its side above said seat, in combination with a plug valve adjustably engaged within said projection and having an annularly reduced portion opposite said orifices, a lock nut sleeved upon the upper end of said valve in seating engagement with the top of said projection, and a Water column screwed upon said body about the base of said projection.

3. A sanitary fountain as described having a water delivery column and a body with a fluid passage through the same opening into said column, a tapering overflow cap of vitreous material surrounding said column, a metal socket member screw-engaged with said body having a relatively long extension supporting the tapering portion of the cap, a screw valve ad ustably seated Within said column and adapted to close said opening and a nut on said valve adapted to lock the same in adjusted position, and said body havinga screw-threaded inlet centrally at its bottom and a relatively short discharge spout adjacent said inlet.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of a Witness.

ARTHUR I. FISCHER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

